Honorable sight

Climbing out of the car and edging closer, Jones and his friends were struck by what they saw.

Jones recalls. “It’s this huge compound, completely open to the road.” “I think there was a very small wall, about a foot, two feet high and it’s just it’s completely abandoned. There’s some sort of big house or residence behind it, but the sort of lawn area at the front is just completely open.”

Exploring the park was surreal, thanks to the juxtaposition between many people’s regular associations with Christmas – joy, new life, celebration – and this macabre, ominous environment.

“[Christmas] is designed to be so happy , is not it? And joyful, “says Jones. [19659000] British School teacher Christopher Jones, a hobbiest photographer, took these shots of the park. “/>